TechValidate Research on SolarWinds Network Management


SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Case Study

Large Enterprise Construction Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise construction company is based on an August 2015 survey of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“We have a better handle on our network with NCM, which makes us more efficient at our jobs.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager:

  • Problems experienced prior to using SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM):
    • Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes
    • Needed to know when devices approached end-of-support and end-of-life

Use Case

The key feature and functionality of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager that the surveyed company uses:

  • Company manages less than 100 devices.

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager:

  • Primary reasons for using NCM:
    • Configuration monitoring to know when and how configurations have changed
    • Network automation to eliminate errors and add speed and consistency to all configuration changes
    • Security scanning to identify potential vulnerabilities in network devices and configurations
  • Primary benefits from using NCM:
    • Saves time making configuration changes
    • Monitors configuration changes and fix configuration problems faster
    • Makes the network devices (and the network) more secure
    • Plans and executes hardware replacement upgrades more efficiently
  • Saves up to 50 hours each month managing network configurations by using NCM.
  • Is up to 75% more efficient at managing and implementing reliable network changes since deploying NCM.
  • Is up to 100% faster at detecting and or fixing network configuration problems since using NCM.
  • Strongly agrees that they achieve far superior security and network reliability when they use network automation alongside their network monitoring solution.




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of SolarWinds Network Management by TechValidate.

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